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    new bird

    vernal jape ????
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    kenya checklist

    Nature Kenya has just issued a revised Kenya checklist , I have a few copies . Any one interested Mike Davidson
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    new kenya checklist

    new kenya check list I should have mentioned you should send me a cheque for £4.50
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    new kenya checklist

    Hello all a new check list of Kenya birds has been published by Nature Kenya . I have a few copies sent over to me . It details some of the recent splits and lumps ! Any one wishing to purchase a copy , please drop me a line to MIKE DAVIDSLON 56 SARUM AVENIE WEST MOORS FERNDOWN DORSET BH 22...
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    A few montane forest birds

    Hi Steve there is a very good book called 50 best sites in Kenya , by Catherine Ngarachu , an old friend of mine . I think you will get of the info there Mike
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    Kakamega RFI

    kenya birding magazine HI James I have just received a great copy of our annual birding magazine. It has some items on KaKAMEGA ! my email address is [email protected] If you would like me to send it to you , please email your address ,Mike
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    Mwea National Reserve

    mwea Hi There I have only been once some years ago and it was quite disappointing It might have improved somewhat since then Mike D
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    Kakamega RFI

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    Kakamega RFI

    Hi Bubbs I have lived in Kenya for 21 years and birded all over Kenya , always with friends in a group . I still go back once a year for business reasons but managed yo get a couple of trips .I would not go on my own , so as long as you are with a group and a professional birder it is safe as...
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    Kakamega RFI

    Hi James there are so many ! Great Blue Turaco , Black and white Casqued Hornbill and Blue -Headed Bee Eater [my favourite ] to name a few . However there is an excellent book out acouple of years ago titled 50 TOP BIRDING SITES IN Kenya , by Catherine Ngarachu [ a good friend of mine ] ...
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    Kakamega RFI

    rondo retreat Hi James I also suggest Rondo retreat . Il lived in Kenya for 21 years and was a serious birder . Rondo is my favourite place and birding is great . I am going out to Kenya again next year and will visit there again . Re transport you can ask Rondo how to get from the airport...
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    Trinidad

    Trinidad birding trip 30 October to 6th November . My cousin Keith [Whitfield] and I [Mike Davidson] ventured into the'New World ' for the first time .Our previous trips have been in Kenya [where I lived for 21 years ] , Serbia and UK . Nigel Moorhouse of Sarus tours organised the trip well...
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    myatery bird

    thanks for this . Could well be . I did go back several times but no sign of the bird . I also wonder whether it was a common black hen , as there is farm not far away Mike D
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    myatery bird

    HI All I had a good weekend around Dorset . Friday night saw us [two owls group] at Holt Heath not far from where I live . We had the churring of Nightjars, with some eventually flying and also 'roding' Woodcocks . A .lifer for me . However I did see a stange bird on the main road before the...
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    Kenya

    I started all this ! I think a tailor made tour can be put together , by Alan Dixson , and Joseph/ Brian Finch . Depends what you want to do /see . For returning visitors like me , I need to see rarities , so expert guides are really necessary . let me know your requirements and I am sure we...
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    Kenya

    Hi Andy KWS , and the Govt have reduced the entry fees to some parks . Nakuru was down from $80 to 70 . However guides and travel companies can craft a tour without the parks ! I will also ask the Minister for tourism to look at your views . He is a goos friend of mine ! Mike
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    Kenya

    I have lived in Africa for nearly 50 years [ mainly working for the good old Barclays Bank ] and latterly 21 years in Kenya , where I took up birding . I came back home two years ago for family reasons , but have been back twice since . The last time three weeks ago . Apart from a little...
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    Trip to Kenya for Birds and Mammals

    I can also recommend Joseph Mwangi Kariuki of natures wonderland safaris . I have birded with him over 15 years and he is excellent and a good organiser of trips . Mike D EX Nairobi now in uk
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    Long-eared Owls

    Serbia Just been to Serbia with David Lindo and Kikinda is full of LEO's . We must have seen upto 500 there . amazing sight Mike D
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    Dorset birding

    Hi Mark was there with you and got a great daybreak sunrise photo . Also at Stanpit on Sunday morning , had a great view of Black-tailed Godwit still in breeding plumage, also had a photo. Mike D in West Moors
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    bird ringing at Ngulia ,Tsavo West Kenya

    many ringers may know of the fantastic project that takes place every year at Ngulia Lodge in Tsavo national park in Kenya. This started in 1969 and ringers from all round the globe have participated .I have been there 3 times and am amazed at the project . A report has been published by the...
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    Results from colour-ring reading

    Hi Steve will be on the Kenya stand at the Bird Fair , hope to see you there . Now back resident in uk ! We will have copies of the excellent report on 42 years of ringing at Ngulia Lodge , tsavo , Kenya , for sale. See you there Mike
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    Dorset birding

    Ian I will have some copies of the report on bird ringing at Ngulia Lodge in Kenya over 42 years , a must for ringers at a cost of £7 . Can you please give me a the name of a person I can correspond with thanks Mike
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    red kites

    I had a trip to Brill near Oxford and back to Dorset, yesterday and saw upto 10 Red Kites on the way Mike D
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    Dorset birding

    Many thanks , will try your route in next few days Mike
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